Chapter 3

This chapter outlines the first experiences that Billy has with the prison camp.  It is a violent and disgusting place and Vonnegut describes it as such, yet his satire in the chapter is humorous and can't but help make you smile as you read about Billy having a panic attack when he hears the siren that simply reminds everyone that it is noon.  The fact that Vonnegut uses such a vulnerable character in his story makes it easier to add humor to it.  It is similar to how Mark Twain writes in Huck Finn.  He identifies the weaknesses of his characters and satirizes them throughout the novel which is what Vonnegut does to Billy and Weary.