The Nature of Man in the Heart of Darkness Marlow draws specific conclusions about the nature of man in the Heart of Darkness . He specifically believes that men are evil and inhumane. He gives some examples of how this is so in the book. By just reading the book and seeing the way humans behave towards each other, you can see that humans are evil. Marlow also mentions Kurtz and the manager and their inhumanity. There is a lot of inhumanity. People are so inhumane that when they are starving, they can 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 shapes could be seen in the distance, floating indistinctly against the dark edge of the forest.” (p. 141) This is how Marlow sees humans, even if he doesn't say it in these quotes. Marlow evokes a specific inhuman being who for him is Kurtz. He says Kurtz has a dark nature. "He could be very terrible. You cannot judge Mr. Kurtz as you would an ordinary man." (p. 135) Kurtz is a thief and a murderer. One of the murders he committed involved drying blackheads on stakes. Kurtz was also a liar and at the end of the book Marlow ends up lying himself. 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 died and he didn't really care about Kurtz dying either. The only thing that concerned the manager was how to obtain and preserve the ivory. Overall, Marlow thinks white men are cruel. They are inhumane and have no respect for others. Which led Marlow to believe it was the manager and Kurtz. Throughout the book, Marlow and Kurtz show how inhumane they are by torturing and murdering other human beings..