One analogy I’ve used to teach pointers is to think of them as phone numbers. They’re an identifier used to get ahold of something that you might not otherwise

One analogy I’ve used to teach pointers is to think of them as phone numbers. They’re an identifier used to get ahold of something that you might not otherwise know exactly where it is. If you call my number, I’ll pick up. But if I transfer my number to someone else, that doesn’t mean anything happened to me personally. That number is just not pointing to new anymore.