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The letters of writers are often characterized by simplicity, spontaneity, and honesty, which are characteristics that may not be found in their autobiographies. Through his written biography, the writer intends to export the image he wants to his reader, but when he reveals it to a friend through a letter, the matter becomes completely personal and confidential. It becomes similar to... By getting naked in a room of your own, away from the eyes of censors and prying eyes. Hemingway realized the difference between a writer writing about himself and exposing himself in diaries and letters. There is a difference between writing about himself, as in "e;A Traveling Feast,"e; or revealing the inner self in a letter to a friend or lover. He was keen to keep it private between him and the addressee. So he used to end his letters to his mother by saying, "e;Do not read these words to anyone."e; In another letter, he wrote to her about a journalist preparing an article about his youth, and he threatened the mother if she cooperated with her. "e;I think it would be a very bad situation if I stopped continuing to contribute to Secure your needs in case they publish an article of this type without my consent."e;