How to free yourself from servitude? First of all, bondage is a constraint placed on a person's life, emotions, or ideals that leaves them discouraged and depressed. However, once the chains are released, a person who must deal with the chains of an abusive spouse or a deceased loved one, for example, can now step out of the cold, dark dungeon into the light, ready to begin the first day . of the rest of his life. A literary character achieves this freedom. In Of Human Servitude, W. Somerset Maugham depicts, through the main character Philip Carey, spiritual and sexual bonds that are ultimately severed. Carey's only spiritual connection comes from perhaps the greatest and most famous religion of all time: Christianity. After his mother's death, Philip was placed in the care of his uncle, a strictly Orthodox Christian vicar. Not knowing much about Christianity, his uncle harshly teaches him a somewhat hypocritical view of Christianity, to the extent that even though Christians are taught to love one another, the vicar gossips negatively about most of the inhabitants of the city. Philip's first test of faith occurs when he entertains the idea of ​​praying for healing for his clubfoot. He formulates a logical command within himself: “If God had not healed him, it was because he did not really believe” (Maugham 55). When he wakes up the day he thinks the illness is cured, he discovers that is not the case. He then realizes that “I suppose no one ever has enough faith” (Maugham 55). It is here that Carey first sees his spiritual connection broken: he believes, he prays; but he is not cured. Due to not only God's inability to heal his foot, but also his uncle's actions towards him, Philip decides, at the beginning of his paper......where he currently is. , enjoying the freedom to make his own life choices without any type of subjugation to tell him otherwise. Works Cited Friends, Kingsley. "Mr. Maugham's Notions." W. Somerset Maugham July 7, 1961: 1908.Archer, Stanley. "W. Somerset Maugham." 2010. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ifh&AN=103331CSLF14270140000288&site=Irc-live. April 9, 2014. Bloom, Harold. "W. Somerset Maugham." Bloom, Harold. The Chelsea House Literary Criticism Library. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. 1887. Maugham, W. Somerset. Of human servitude. Great Britain: Penguin Books, 1992. Neilson, Keith. “Of human servitude.” Magill, Frank N. Masterplots. Pasadena: Salem Press, Inc., 1996. 4617-4618. Rood, Karen L. “W. Somerset Maugham.” Rood, Karen L. Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography. Detroit: Gale Research, Inc.., 1991. 277,279.