The Salesman's Code

The Death of Bunny Munro

This flow tracks Bunny’s sales philosophy as it shifts from a theory of seduction and control toward a final attempt to take responsibility.

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The Customer as Target The Customer as Target from "The Death of Bunny Munro". The Customer as Target A practiced performance Bunny treats a breakfast encounter with River as an opening for persuasion.

The Customer as Target from "The Death of Bunny Munro". The Customer as Target A practiced performance Bunny treats a breakfast encounter with River as an opening for persuasion.

The Customer as Target A practiced performance Bunny treats a breakfast encounter with River as an opening for persuasion. Compliments, jokes, and beauty samples become tools for gaining intimacy and a sale. Charm without reciprocity He interprets hesitation as an obstacle rather than a boundary. The scene establishes a sales style that confuses another person’s attention with permission.

The Dream Is Himself The Dream Is Himself from "The Death of Bunny Munro". The Dream Is Himself A credo delivered to his son Bunny tells Bunny Junior that customers need hope and that a salesman must sell them a dream.

The Dream Is Himself from "The Death of Bunny Munro". The Dream Is Himself A credo delivered to his son Bunny tells Bunny Junior that customers need hope and that a salesman must sell them a dream.

The Dream Is Himself A credo delivered to his son Bunny tells Bunny Junior that customers need hope and that a salesman must sell them a dream. Asked what that dream is, he points to himself. Confidence masking emptiness The lesson is persuasive because Bunny genuinely knows how to command attention. Yet it teaches Bunny Junior that selling a personality can matter more than truth or care.

The Joke in the House The Joke in the House from "The Death of Bunny Munro". The Joke in the House A room briefly united Bunny tells an offensive joke, and the gathered friends laugh.

The Joke in the House from "The Death of Bunny Munro". The Joke in the House A room briefly united Bunny tells an offensive joke, and the gathered friends laugh.

The Joke in the House A room briefly united Bunny tells an offensive joke, and the gathered friends laugh. For a moment he seems to recover the easy social power that his grief has disrupted. The child hears the performance Bunny Junior appears and praises the joke, asking his father to notice him. The scene reveals how Bunny’s talent for entertaining others competes with his responsibility to attend to his son.

The Navigator Is Named The Navigator Is Named from "The Death of Bunny Munro". The Navigator Is Named A child claims direction Bunny Junior says that he is the navigator as he decides that the pair should go home.

The Navigator Is Named from "The Death of Bunny Munro". The Navigator Is Named A child claims direction Bunny Junior says that he is the navigator as he decides that the pair should go home.

The Navigator Is Named A child claims direction Bunny Junior says that he is the navigator as he decides that the pair should go home. The title shifts from a practical task to a declaration that he can recognize danger. A weak guide hears it Bunny is too disoriented to answer with steady leadership. The words make clear that the child has been guiding the adult in ways the sales lessons never anticipated.

A Different Testimony A Different Testimony from "The Death of Bunny Munro". A Different Testimony Sales language turned inward Bunny describes his exploitation of others and names himself a salesman of misery.

A Different Testimony from "The Death of Bunny Munro". A Different Testimony Sales language turned inward Bunny describes his exploitation of others and names himself a salesman of misery.

A Different Testimony Sales language turned inward Bunny describes his exploitation of others and names himself a salesman of misery. He asks the women he harmed to hear his account without pretending that his charm excuses him. A plea rather than a pitch Bunny asks for forgiveness and says he intends to care for Bunny Junior. The public speech is his clearest attempt to use words for accountability rather than conquest, though it comes too late to save his life.

During Bunny’s hotel stop before Libby’s death

Early on the first sales route

The night of the gathering after Libby’s funeral

After the visit to Bunny Munro Senior

At the Empress Ballroom near the end