C.S. Forester's Lieutenant Hornblower In the novel Lieutenant Hornblower there were a few scenes were Hornblowerwas a success and a few were he was a failure. In my opinion the first success of Hornblower was when he used all the cannons onone side of the ship to free them from the mud holding the ship. Another success was whenHornblower suggested a landing attack on Samana Bay. The commanding officer agreedwith his suggestion, and they put together a landing party. Hornblower had the wholeattack planed and the coordinates marked. His surprise attack on the Spanish at Samanaproved to be a success. Once the fort was taken over he was successful in firing red hotshot at enemy ships, even without ever using that technique before. Then when thenegotiation with the Spanish took place he had a brilliant idea to mount a nine poundcannon at the upper end of the peninsula to prevent the Spanish from escaping. Thisenabled them to turn down the terms of the proposal that the Spanish wanted and get whatthey wanted without giving anything to the Spanish. These achievements made byHornblower is what later earned him the command of the Retribution, although hiscommand of the Retribution did not come until later when the war started again. Hornblower had also had a few failures that hindered his successes. Among these was when Hornblower was using the red hot shot to sink enemy ships. This was both asuccess and failure. It was a failure because after heating the shot for a considerably longperiod of time the shot began to deform. This deformity of the shot wouldn't allow it to fitinto the cannon. Hornblower realized his mistake after one of the shots wouldn't fit into thecannon. This slowed their operation down but didn't cause a defeat to them. The situationwith Hornblower gambling is mostly in my opinion a success but it could also be a failure. The way I think it would be a failure is that he lost a lot of his money and couldn't affordsome necessities. Hornblower also won a considerable amount of money and his playingWhist with Parry led to the confirming of his command of the Retribution. I feel these examples show both the success and failure of Lieutenant Hornblowerthroughout the novel. His success lead him to commander of Retribution and his failureswere small and didn't have great effect on his outcome. . C. S. Forester&apos ;s Lieutenant Hornblower In the novel Lieutenant Hornblower there were a few scenes were Hornblowerwas a success and a few. success and failure of Lieutenant Hornblowerthroughout the novel. His success lead him to commander of Retribution and his failureswere small and didn't