What are the possible consequences of revealing you’ve won $350 million dollars to the wrong person? Erik White directed a comedic film, Lottery Ticket, in which the main character, Kevin, wins a $350 million lottery ticket, and has to wait a long holiday weekend to reveal his winning. Kevin lives with his well-known grandmother and works a part-time job at Foot Locker. Lottery Ticket has a series of different lessons, but only one left a message to Kevin and its viewers. White enforces his message through using elements such as a nemesis, plot, symbol and suspense. White kept the audience’s attention through suspense throughout the movie. Whether Kevin was being chased or in a fight, the audience always wanted to know the outcome of the next …show more content…
White uses Sweet T to put more pressure on Kevin about losing his lottery ticket. White has Kevin to realize how serious some people are about their money. Sweet T told Kevin if anybody played with his money, he would chop their legs off at the knee cap, smash them up into hamburger meat, and feed the legs to his dogs while the person watched. As a result, Kevin fears and regrets that he borrowed money from Sweet T. Again, if Kevin had not told anybody about his winnings, he would not have borrowed any money from Sweet T to take Nikki out and would not be in fear of bodily injury from Sweet …show more content…
His friend, Stacie, tried to explain Nikki was only after him for the money, but he thought she was jealous of Nikki being with him. His other friend, Benny, offered to keep the lottery ticket in his possession to protect the ticket in case Kevin was jumped. White used Kevin’s friends as an example of those who are truly helpful and trustworthy, but Kevin did not trust them even though they were sincere. White has Kevin to distrust his friends to show people are not always able to discern who is really trustworthy. White also shows viewers how Kevin started to believe everyone only wanted to be around him because of the