The most interesting part about me to Tralfalmadore is the frame it places Billy's Narrative in. It uproots the story form Dresden constantly placing you in a planet where such a horrible event is trivialized by an alien perception of our world. Making Vonnegut's so it goes mentality much more relateable.
I would view te book as rather callous in-fact if Tralfamadore wasn't added to the story, It reinforces the smallness of humanity. Were specks of dust viewing the world through a peephole and sometimes our perception gets skewed Tralfalmadore's there to bring us back down to earth, showing us the futility of what Tralfamdore view as the pitiful squabbles that are our wars.
As to whether or not the world is real I think back to Mumbo Jumbo and Orsis and Moses. The impact they've both had on the world is very physical making their existence just as tangible as any other historical. figure. A similar occurrence is the reason for the apparent reality with which Tralfalmadore is displayed, to Billy its real and our world seen is through Billy's eyes making Tralfalmadore tangible in the eyes of the reader.
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