Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: Seaton is determined not to be tied down to living life of people around him including parents, Fact2: Arthur is having affair with Brenda, Fact3: abortion was not legal at time of film, Fact4: Brenda 's husband enlists help of brother and fellow soldier to chase Arthur down through town fairground and give him severe beating, Fact5: Jack enlists help of brother and fellow soldier to chase Arthur down through town fairground and give him severe beating
Output (English): Arthur Seaton is a young machinist at the Raleigh bicycle factory in Nottingham. He is determined not to be tied down to living a life of domestic drudgery like the people around him, including his parents, whom he describes as dead from the neck up. He spends his wages at weekends on drinking and having a good time. Arthur is having an affair with Brenda, the wife of an older colleague. He also begins a more traditional relationship with Doreen, a beautiful single woman closer to his age. Doreen, who lives with her mother and aspires to be married, avoids Arthurs sexual advances, so he continues to see Brenda as a sexual outlet. Brenda becomes pregnant by Arthur, and demands his help in terminating the unwanted pregnancy as abortion was not legal in Britain at the time of the film. Arthur takes her to see his Aunt Ada for advice; when his aunts method of having Brenda sit in a hot bath and drink gin does not work, Arthur provides Brenda with the name of a doctor who performs illegal abortions. However, Brenda decides that she will keep the child after all, and suffer the consequences. Brendas husband Jack finds out about her pregnancy and her affair with Arthur, and enlists the help of his brother and a fellow soldier to chase Arthur down through a town fairground where he has taken Doreen on a date and give him a severe beating. Arthur is trapped on an amusement ride as the two soldiers menacingly stand and wait for him. When he escapes the ride, he is caught and beaten. Arthur spends a week recovering and is visited by Doreen; they later have sex. After recovering, Arthur returns to work, and realises his affair with Brenda is finished after her husband tells him to stay away from Brenda. Arthur decides to marry Doreen. The film ends with Arthur and Doreen discussing the prospect of a new home together, with Arthur showing that he still has mixed feelings about settling down into domestic life.