How Did The Imitation Game Change

In the movie, Imitation Game, there were many changes made to the movie to display an emotional truth to as many people as possible rather than precise historical facts. However, one character who was severely changed for the movie was Joan Clarke. This could have been for many reasons; however, the two most important and obvious are the fact that this was a movie and movies usually display an emotional truth that will speak to as many people as possible rather than tell people exact facts. For example, Joan is much more sociable and dependent on men in the movie than in real life. This change is most likely due to how many women felt that this was the only way to be taken seriously in England at that time. However, in real life Joan was much more independent and secluded. This change, along with the many others, were probably due to the archetypes that popular and award winning movies use in order to attract viewers and attention. Movies will change women from their source material in ways to make them more generic to fit the societal role of all women in that time and to make the main protagonist seem more like a hero in order to make a movie that will be most generally accepted in the world. Historically, Joan was hired to work on Enigma based on her own
In Imitation Game, Alan Turning is not only saving England from the war or individual lives, but also his supporting cast, particularly Joan Clarke. In real life Joan needed no help to get the job she needed, but in the movie Turing helped her get the job she deserved. Without Turing’s help Joan would have never gone to Bletchley due to her parents. Without Turing, Joan would have never worked on breaking Enigma, but that isn’t what happens in real life. The difference is made to make Turing seem more heroic throughout the movie. Not only when he breaks enigma, but whenever he helps