Significance of The captain's cabin

Captain Falcon's cabin is where Cringle brings Rutherford when he finds him on deck and where Rutherford meets with Falcon several times. The two share a unique relationship, which is built upon the conversations they share in this cabin. Falcon trusts Rutherford more than his other crewmembers and the reader learns a great deal about him through what he tells Rutherford in these meetings. The cabin also serves as a kind of symbol of the captain's history of expeditions, since it is filled with items from all of his other voyages. When the slaves revolt, the cabin is destroyed and it serves as Falcon's prison while he is kept there under lock and key, surrounded by his ruined treasures. Unable to handle this, Falcon commits suicide here.