The nature of man in Heart of Darkness Marlow draws some specific conclusions about the nature of man in Heart of Darkness. He specifically believes that men are evil and inhuman. In the book he provides some examples of how this happens. You only have to read the book and see the way humans behave towards each other to understand that humans are evil. Marlow also mentions Kurtz and the manager and their inhumanity. There is a lot of inhumanity. People are so inhuman that when they starve, they might eat the young. The black man is beaten mercilessly and there is a black man with a bullet in his head. Marlow describes humans as dark and inhuman forms by the way they behave towards each other. “Dark human silhouettes could be made out in the distance, fluttering indistinctly against the bleak edge of the forest.” (pg.141) This is how Marlow sees humans, even if he doesn't say it outright in these quotes. Marlow talks about a specific inhuman being who for him is Kurtz. He says Kurtz has a dark nature. "It could be really terrible. You can't judge Mr. Kurtz like you would a normal man." (p.135) Kurtz is a thief and a murderer. One of the murders he committed was drying black heads on poles. Kurtz was also a liar and at the end of the book Marlow ends up lying too. For Marlow there is a different person who exudes more evil than Kurtz. The manager is truly a monster. The manager thought Marlow should have been hanged. “You should be hanged” (p.135). The manager wanted to kill Marlow, after Kurtz's death and actually didn't care much about Kurtz's death. The only thing the director was interested in was how to obtain and store the ivory. Overall Marlow believes that white men are cruel. They are inhumane and have no respect for others. What led Marlow to believe this was the manager and Kurtz. Throughout the book Marlow and Kurtz show how inhumane they are by torturing and killing other human beings.