Complex sentence: It's 1922, and Millie Dillmount has just escaped to New York City from Salina, Kansas, and, determined to become a success, tears up her return ticket ("Not for the Life of Me").
Split into simpler sentences: It's 1922, and Millie Dillmount has just escaped to New York City from Salina, Kansas. Determined to become a success, she tears up her return ticket ("Not for the Life of Me").