The renowned dramatist and critic G.B. Shaw has explored the concept of freedom in this lesson. His pragmatist perspective pinpoints the fact that a man can never be completely free. He is a slave in one way or the other. However, the type of slavery he chooses is entirely upon him. The first type- slavery of man to Nature, is inherent in every human being. We are all slaves to our instincts of hunger, sleep, cleanliness, dressing up and bearing a child (in this case additional slavery for a woman). These natural duties are a part and parcel of our lives and every individual from the highest order to the lowest, are all slaves to their nature, as he says, “These natural jobs cannot be shirked.” However, the second type of slavey is the worst form according to the playwright. It is the slavery of Man to Man. The type of slavery where we let someone else take the upper hand and let them shift the weight of their slavery to our shoulders. It is the type of slavery where we give in the hard labour required to complete the task but the fruits of that labour are enjoyed by someone else. Thus, this form of slavery is extremely unnatural and distinctly different from slavery to Nature which is an inherent part of being human.
A second and perhaps the most important difference between both the types of slavery is that man to Nature slavery gives us comfort and joy. We find a great amount of pleasure in giving in to the demands of nature. However, the slavery of man to man is unnatural and hateful and degrading both physically and mentally. It creates class wars between the privileged and the underprivileged, between workers and capitalists. Ultimately, there can be no peace as long as this type of slavery exists.