Gradually, the focus is centered on Peyton Farquhar and the reader becomes more connected to this main character.
That isn't one sentence, it's two sentences put together. First, there's this sentence:
Gradually, the focus is centered on Peyton Farquhar.
Next, there's this sentence:
The reader becomes more connected to this main character.
To "glue" these sentences together, you will need to put , and [comma plus and] between "Peyton Farquhar" and "the." The fixed sentence looks like this:
Gradually, the focus is centered on Peyton Farquhar, and the reader becomes more connected to this main character.
Do you see that , and between "Peyton Farquhar" and "the"? That's the way a comma/conjunction structure is used.
Of course, "and" isn't the only conjunction, so you can use many others in other sentences (only "and" will really work in this example).
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