ext day Elliott feigns illness to avoid school. His mother gets a blanket from the closet for him before leaving for work. She does not notice E.T. is hiding inside. When she leaves, Elliott motions for E.T. to emerge and he does so wearing a robe. It is time for Elliott to teach E.T. about human culture. Ironically, the things he uses to do so are a sign of materialism or violence. He shows him a fake-spill Coke can, little plastic war figures, a shark head on a stick, space creatures, a PEZ dispenser and a large Mr. Peanut shaped bank. Elliott is trying to acculturate E.T. “Look fish. Fish eat the fish food, and the shark eats the fish, and nobody eats the shark. See, this is PEZ, candy. See you eat it. You put the candy in here and then when you lift up the head, the candy comes out and you cant eat it. You
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