second paragraph for essay

This is my second paragraph for my narrative essay.

    Ivan Martinez was born on January 12th, 19776 in Guererro, Mexico. He is an only child, but grew up with a cousin that he treated like a younger sister. His life has not been all that cookie cutter easy. At the age of six he had to go to school, come home and help his grandfather chop down banana trees to sell and get money. After he was done helping his grandfather at around seven o'clock at night he had to go help his grandmother out in the kitchen. His grandmother sold food at the corner of "El Mercado." El Mercado is a little market in Mexico where everyone goes and buys organic local foods. It is kind of like a Fred Meyer but a more poor being you could say. He would go into the kitchen and help her cut out all the vegetables and fruits and everything she was going to sell the next day. Something that he always hated doing is killing pigs for the pork meat she sold at the market. He stated" Odio matar a los puercos, pero lo tenia que hacer para poder recivir dinero para poder comer el proximo dia." In English this is translated to, " I hate killing pigs but I had to do it in order to recieve money to be able to have a meal to eat the next day." This was Ivans routine everyday until the age of eighteen when he finally immigrated to the United states.

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