Noble+and+Hoag


 * Compare Winston Noble to Hubert Hoag for ten seconds and you can almost figure the results.**

In the book, the 2 men are candidates for president, and Noble wins. Mildred and her friends begin to discuss politics when Montag is there, but they only talk about what the candidates look like. This shows that politics have declined to the appearances rather than actual politics.This possibly comes from Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister between 1940 and 1945, and Hubert Humphrey that was defeated by Richard Nixon in 1968 in his struggle for becoming American President

We believe that Bradbury used this because he wanted to show how some people only care about outward appearances, and not the intellect of someone.



ABOVE: Winston Churchill RIGHT: Hubert Humphrey

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