Human nature in "The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg" In this work, Mark Twain depicts the town of Hadleyburg as greedy, hypocritical and morally vulnerable with its exceptional tone. humor and satire. Human nature, in Mark Twain's view, encompasses two important factors: the socially acquired consciousness of morality and the greedy, instinctive desire for material wealth. When it comes to morality, the people of Hadleyburg are so proud of the incorruptibility of their honesty and morality that they wish to continue this tradition with the help of education. In other words, overwhelming pride or vanity is the main reason why the so-called "incorruptible" residents of Hadleyburg are so eager to pursue morality. As the people's attachment to morality is the result of artificial education and unlimited vanity for moral superiority, the incorruptibility in question is in danger of being attacked by strong temptation. On the other hand, the endless desire to expand economic power emerges as the incident of the mysterious dismissal becomes public. Without exception, nineteen people considered the most honest and the most honest end up giving in to the powerful temptation of money. Throughout temptation, Mark Twain shows to what extent human beings are vulnerable to materialism and how hypocrisy in the name of morality hides a miserly human nature. In conclusion, Mark Twain's pessimistic view of humanity resembles "[Goodson's] frank contempt of the human species"; furthermore, its incisive satire lays bare humanity's poorly disguised efforts to hide the snobbery and vanity of human desire, deeply ingrained in us, not to mention the people of Hadleyburg..