sh5 ...arrival at dresden

i was really really surprised after Billy's arrival at Dresden. Up until that point, the book was really funny and dark, but still fun. As they get to Dresden, it seems like Vonnegut completely changes his tone and the war isn't something to make fun of at that point. Even though Vonnegut feels like the only thing we can do is laugh at war when we can't understand it, it is impossible for him to not take the bombing of dresden seriously.
His tone just changes so quickly to serious, and instead of laughing at everyone's sickness and craziness he just tells the story.
i really like that he can be so entertaining, but he seriously respects how awful war was. I think a lot of the time we have to make fun of something or else it's too much to handle, but Vonnegut just knows exactly where to draw the line.