Fears prison because she was involved with a communist group. He writes a diary that tells the story of his hidden half and his past. The protagonist is so afraid of telling the truth to her husband that she expresses herself through words; his dairy is his way of filling the pages with himself and avoiding the feeling of emptiness. The diary is written to affirm his 'I' and his true self, something he couldn't do in real life and imagine a better reality that can create possibility and hope. Through writing she is able to form herself and write herself into existence. In his diary he can claim his intellectual space; he can express himself freely and can confess his thoughts away from her pressure