Complex sentence: However, at the time of his death Rossen was planning "Cocoa Beach", showing the hopes and struggles of transients in a local community and contrasting this with nearby Cape Canaveral, which Neve described as a "symbol of America's imperial reach".
Split into simpler sentences: However, at the time of his death Rossen was planning "Cocoa Beach", showing the hopes and struggles of transients in a local community. This would be in contrast to nearby Cape Canaveral, which Neve described as a "symbol of America's imperial reach".