# Singer — Of Human Bondage character guide

> Singer in Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0043-xliv

## Who they are

A medical student and friend of Philip at St. Luke's.

## Relationships

### [Philip Carey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/philip_carey)

_social_

A fellow medical student who becomes a casual acquaintance during Philip's hospital years.

### [Philip Carey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/philip_carey)

_social_

A fellow medical student who becomes a casual acquaintance during Philip's hospital years.

### [Philip Carey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/philip_carey)

_social_

A fellow medical student who becomes a casual acquaintance during Philip's hospital years.

## In the story

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xi)

Leads the torment, forcing Philip to expose his clubfoot and twisting his arm.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xii)

The biggest boy in Philip's dormitory who torments him cruelly after Philip is spared a caning, calling him 'cripple' and tripping him.

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