Her tone is so happy throughout the story because she is so happy to go to China to meet the new members of his family and also find his former family members. “And I can’t help it.” I also get misty-eyed, like I saw this a long, long time ago and almost forgot. (264) She said this as she arrived in China, showing how happy she was. On the other hand, the unnamed main character in Cathedral is very bitter throughout the story. His wife even mentions that he has no friends. The only time he didn't seem in a bad mood was at the end of the story, when he was drawing a cathedral with the blind man, so that the blind man could "see" what a cathedral looked like. Robert told the man to draw with his eyes closed, then when he was finished, he told him to open his eyes and told him the picture looked similar, but he didn't. “My eyes were still closed. I was at home. I knew it. But I didn't feel like I was inside anything. » (42) He was different now and had a better attitude towards the blind.