Devices

William Gibson employs at least two interesting ideas as literary devices to keep us curious and keep the wheels spinning in his pattern. He uses the idea of the "Mirror-world" to keep us interested. Gibson is leaving it up to the reader to see if this is a detail that we can use to aid us in deciphering what the footage means. Gibson mentions the real as "Unreal" meaning the "Mirror-world" is a reflection of Cayce's world but not actually Cayce's world. In addition, methodically peppering the story with phrases like "Mirror-world traffic" and "Mirror-world mode" gives the chance to follow her with this issue of connection and disconnection in her travels. Calling it a "Mirro-world" gives Cayce some comfort because she is always traveling or disconnected from the things she's familiar with. The issue of "Soul delay" is another thing Gibson employs. For instance on page 120 and 126, (Hardcover.) Cayce says: She imagines her soul bobbing back at Heathrow and later adding soul delay coming from a novel angle. It adds to the mysticism of who Cayce really is since has issues regarding repression, making her more "Like" us. But also it adds another dimension literally and figuritively to hers and the world of Pattern Recognition. This two traits offer us a glimpse into what Cayce may be like with her mystic beliefs of real/unreal and connetion/disconnection. They offer the reader options with which to connect to Cayce and follow the plot. In turn it may help the reader journey with Cayce in her quest to find the true meaning of these video segments and get her life back "In time."