Complex sentence: The protagonist, who has the same name as the author, resolves to take the pilgrimage, and along the trail he falls in with Ernie, an escort-service limo driver from Kitchener, and Doug, a very earnest Roman Catholic teacher-candidate.
Split into simpler sentences: The protagonist, who shares the same name as the author, resolves to take the pilgrimage. Along the trail he falls in with Ernie, an escort-service limo driver from Kitchener, and Doug, a very earnest Roman Catholic teacher-candidate.