Complex sentence: Polly, as Lalu comes to be known, endures hardship and discrimination and at one point is raped by Hong King, who taunts her with reminders of how impossible it would be for her to come up with the thousand pieces of gold.
Split into simpler sentences: Polly, as Lalu comes to be known, endures great hardship and discrimination. At one point she is raped by Hong King, who cruelly reminds her how impossible it would be for her to come up with the thousand pieces of gold.