What is the cumulative effect of small-scale bullying and harassment? What effect does it have on the characters in the novel?

How do Georges’s efforts to keep his priorities on the big picture rather than on his daily problems backfire? What does the novel seem to suggest about balancing a larger perspective with a concern for the smaller things that still have power to affect him?

How does the structure of the novel echo the Pointillist style that serves as an extended metaphor for life within the narrative?