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One of the images that I will be using/including within my oral presentation is Leslie Kean's images about Ryan Hammon. These two images show the past life that Ryan claims to have (Marty Martyn). 

The first image captures the moment that Ryan can decipher/uncover that he (Martyn) and George Raft did a movie together. This lead to the investigation into finding out who he was. 

The second image is a side of Ryan Hammons and Marty Martyn. His image is him being a "detective," which he said he played in a film back when he was Martyn. 

The first graph I am using comes from Statista. The title is "Share of Americans who believe in the following theories and myths." It shows an interesting contrast between the firm belief in miracles and even "survival of the soul" but the lowest belief in reincarnation.  




Works Cited

Harris Interactive. "Share of Americans Who Believe in The following Theories and Myths." Statista,    Statista Inc., 22 Apr 2014, https://www-statista-     com.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/statistics/297184/united-states-religious-symbol-theories-myths-belief//

Kean, Leslie. Surviving Death: a Journalist Investigates Evidence for an Afterlife. Three Rivers Press,             an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.

Strudwick, Daniel. “Jim B Tucker Tells Stories of Children Who Believe They Are Reincarnated in New Book 'Return to Life'.” NewsComAu, NewsComAu, 26 Nov. 2013, www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/jim-b-tucker-tells-stories-of-children-who-believe-they-are-reincarnated-in-new-book-return-to-life/news-story/51ec884c1bffe3a57ec7114e075bda70.

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