The Book I Read Rencently I've finishied a book recently named Of Human Bondage written by William Somerset Maugham. It's a very interesting and educated one at the same time. The main character is Philip, a cripple, who lost his parents when he was at 9 and lived with his uncle, a pristafter that. Just like the book title said, Philip has bondages in his early life. The disability is one of it. He didn't possess a gayful chindhood since his classmates or schoolmates always make fun of his disability, which upseted him a lot. The second bondage comes to religious belief. Philip had deep faith in religion but for some reasons he stoped believeing in god. The third bondage is romantic love. There are 5 femals appeared in his life. He had happy as well as pathetic memeries when it comes to love. He loved Mildred most but she kept harming and took advantages of him as well. But she does't love him at all. We can't blame her for that since love cannot be forced. However, her deeds is not very decent. The last bondage is the meaning of life. People tried to find out the meaning of life in all ages. Philip did the same, he wanted to figure it out too. But after his friends' death and other things happend, he finally realized that life is meaningless. All things we had done before is meaningless. The reason why we born is to suffer. In the end, Philip is totally free, his mind and his body. He lets go of everything, mattered or not. Sounds a little pathetic, but on the opposite, Philip comprehended the ture meaning of life and he married a girl from village. A very happy ending. From the book, I somehow realized the differences between love and likeness. Love means you are willing to sacrifice everything you have to make her happy and in order to have her you are willing to do anything. It feels like you are going die without her. but likeness is more like you enjoy the time with her but you will still be ok without her.