Comments on: Neuromancer & the Prosthesis of Self http://mith.umd.edu/eng738T/prosthesis-of-self/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prosthesis-of-self English 738T, Spring 2015 Sat, 12 Nov 2016 04:10:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amanda Gogarty http://mith.umd.edu/eng738T/prosthesis-of-self/#comment-1368 Amanda Gogarty Thu, 21 May 2015 20:08:51 +0000 http://mith.umd.edu/eng738T/?p=1390#comment-1368 Hi Sara, Interesting post! I really like the idea that throughout the novel, Case searches for some sort of "prosthetic" in order to feel whole, and I agree with you that he can ultimately only achieve this within himself by dividing his consciousness. I also think it's interesting to note that before the novel starts, he also relied on drugs as a prosthetic it seems. I also agree that Molly is extremely important in Case's journey toward becoming (or attempting to become) a unified whole. This is somewhat unrelated to your post, but I found it really interesting to read the scenes between Molly and Case in conjunction with Haraway's "Cyborg Manifesto" and Jackson's article "Stitch bitch." A lot of th language is mimicked, and I think it's interesting to talk about Molly in relation to Haraway's "cyborg" and Jackson's ideal reader/author as well. Hi Sara,

Interesting post! I really like the idea that throughout the novel, Case searches for some sort of “prosthetic” in order to feel whole, and I agree with you that he can ultimately only achieve this within himself by dividing his consciousness. I also think it’s interesting to note that before the novel starts, he also relied on drugs as a prosthetic it seems. I also agree that Molly is extremely important in Case’s journey toward becoming (or attempting to become) a unified whole. This is somewhat unrelated to your post, but I found it really interesting to read the scenes between Molly and Case in conjunction with Haraway’s “Cyborg Manifesto” and Jackson’s article “Stitch bitch.” A lot of th language is mimicked, and I think it’s interesting to talk about Molly in relation to Haraway’s “cyborg” and Jackson’s ideal reader/author as well.

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