چکیده (انگلیسی):

This study aims to examine the identity of female cyborg in William Gibson’s Neuromancer (1984) based on Donna
Haraway’s A Cyborg Manifesto. In Neuromancer the main character, Molly Million does not fit in the stereotypical
female characteristics. When a male is the protagonist, females will be seenas a feminine stereotype and being depicted
as helpless and weak. She is in fact the reversal of feminine stereotype. Henry Dorsett Case, the male protagonist of the
story, was given a job opportunity and being partnered up with Molly to fulfil their mission. When Molly and Case are
together, Case is always on the safe side while Molly aggressively moves around getting her things done. Being a
cyborg is to be fierce, fast and bold just likeMolly and being a goddess will be a typical female. It is a metaphor used to
conceptualize socialist feminism in the modern society. The boundary breakdown between organism and machine
portrays the boundary breakdown between Molly and Wintermute, an Artificial Intelligence (AI), because Molly and
Wintermute are representatives of organism and machine, respectively. When Molly and Wintermute could put up with
each other, it indirectly shows the connection between human and technology that can then be brought to another level
as dualism of mind and body that are considered as one in the cybernetic world just like how high technology and
scientific culture are interrelated. Mind which symbolizes Artificial Intelligence is the ultimate power which controls
the body. The technological enhancements in Molly are the symbolised power which gives her the difference in
stereotypical femalerole.