The main reason why is that he is caring and loves the cat. Throughout the story, you can see he really cares for the cat even if it is really sick. He pets the cat instead of hurting it, he doesn’t want the cat to die even though it has to.
The second reason is that he is honest. He is honest because he doesn’t want to be a man. He was also honest about finding the cat and that he wants to keep it.
The third reason is that he is scared. He is very scared about losing the cat, He sits on the porch and talks to the cat in a very low voice. Last but not least
he does not want to give his brother the box when they have to put the cat to sleep.
This story was really sad but it is a life lesson and it shows that you can kinda relate to him James howe really showed how the main character is Caring, Honest, and Scared. This makes it really a sad story.