Interpreting a Symbol: Baobabs

By: Liam,Justin,Francis

Words describing the nature of baobabs* big* terrible* bad* disaster

Find phrases that show the behavior of baobabs• The seeds sleep in the secrecy of the earth, until one of

them suddenly decides to wake up• And if the planet is too small, and if the baobabs are too

numerous, they will finally make the planet explode• So it stretches itself and timidly at first, extends towards the

sun a ravishing, innocent little shoot.

Find phrases telling who/what is affected by Baobabs

*Terrible baobabs*Trees the size of churches*Baobabs, before they grow big, start off small*Do you want your sheep to eat the baby baobabs?*And a baobab, if you tackle it too late can never be got rid of afterwards*And if the planet is too small, and if the baobabs are too numerous, they will finally make the planet explode*You must force yourself to pull up the baobabs regularly which they resemble so closely in the early youth

Find Words/phrases that show the emotion towards Baobabs* It clutters everything. It will bore right through a planet with its roots. And if the planet's too small and the baobabs too numerous, they will finally make the planet explode

Find phrases telling how to deal with baobabs

• But the little prince added "then it follows that they also eat baobabs?" I reminded the little prince that the baobabs are not small bushes but trees the size of of churches. And that even if he took a whole herd of elephants home with him, they would not succeed in dispatching a single baobab. The idea of the herd of elephants made the little prince laugh.

Write a paragraph explaining what this symbol refers to in our real lives

We think that the boababs refer to fear in our real lives because the baobabs symbolize the everyday hurdles and challenges that us, as humans, are faced with. More specifically, the symbol refers to the idea that people often procrastinate and don't deal with their immediate problems and issues. That is similar to the story of the baobabs because the man didn't deal with his baobabs quickly enough, and because of that, his baobabs grew too big.