In the novel Lieutenant Hornblower there were a few scenes were Hornblower was 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 on one side of the ship to free them from the mud holding the ship. Another success was when Hornblower suggested a landing attack on Samana Bay. The commanding officer agreed with his suggestion, and they put …showed first 75 words of 412 total…

…showed last 75 words of 412 total…is that he lost a lot of his money and couldn't afford some necessities. Hornblower also won a considerable amount of money and his playing Whist with Parry led to the confirming of his command of the Retribution.         I feel these examples show both the success and failure of Lieutenant Hornblower throughout the novel. His success lead him to commander of Retribution and his failures were small and didn't have great effect on his outcome.