How to explain C pointers (declaration vs. unary operators) to a beginner?

Question

I have had the recent pleasure to explain pointers to a C programming beginner and stumbled upon the following difficulty. It might not seem like an issue at all if you alre

Answer 1

I'd rather read it as the first * apply to int more than bar.

int  foo = 1;           // foo is an integer (int) with the value 1
int* bar = &foo;        // bar is a pointer on an integer (int*). it points on foo. 
                        // bar value is foo address
                        // *bar value is foo value = 1

printf("%p\n", &foo);   // print the address of foo
printf("%p\n", bar);    // print the address of foo
printf("%i\n", foo);    // print foo value
printf("%i\n", *bar);   // print foo value