By the waters of babylon was published in 1937, when the threat of a second world war loomed large over the face of europe. in what ways is this historical context reflected in the story? explain your answer.

learning how to embrace the effects of colonialism is one of the central ideas of the play.

  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.