Rewrite the last five sentences in the first paragraph, making the five short sentences into two longer sentences

It's his first exposure to Third World passion. He thought only Americans had informed political opinion - other people staged coups out of spite and misery. It's an unwelcome revelation to him that a reasonably educated and rational man like Ro would die for things that he, Brent, has never heard of and would rather laugh about. Ro was tortured in jail. Franny has taken off her earphones. Electrodes, canes, freezing tanks. He leaves nothing out. Something's gotten into Ro.
Dad looks sick. The meaning of Thanksgiving should not be so explicit.
- Bharati Mukherjee, "Orbiting"

its english as a dog

explanation:

in his speech "i have a dream," king states the plight of african americans, as he argues that after the civil war, slaves were promised equal rights and freedoms, but that these promises have not materialized.

he goes on to say that there are those who ask "when will you be satisfied? " implying that african americans alread enjoy a lot. in order to attack this argument, king lists examples of civil rights struggles that african americans still face, such as police brutality, segregation and racial prejudice.

i'm supposing that we would have to correct any words in there, i guess.

rephrase: "about an hour after dinner, i'd like to chat with my friend".

we made sure to put the future tense, and also making sure that we put commas and punctuation.