Parasite. Everyone's heard of it and practically everyone loved it. It has kickstarted the success of foreign film due to its fantastic storyline and unique characters. Let's pick each character apart and see what their alignments would be.
Consisting of two contrasting families, the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim family, Bong Joon-Ho's hit feature Parasite delves into the cultural and social class division plaguing South Korea. The way he does this is incredible, funny, shocking, and outright genius. Ultimately it's the characters and the way the Kim family con their way into the Park family that makes this film so wonderful. Due to each character being so unique and shocking it is only necessary to delve more into their personalities and their alignments.
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Kim Ki-woo (Son Of Kim Family): Neutral Good
People who are neural good do the best they can to help others according to their needs. They are devoted to helping others but are not servants to a "higher power,"nor do they feel beholden to them.
Although surprising due to the whole conning thing, Ki-Woo is most definitely neutral good. To begin with, he is more than happy to help his friend Min-hyuk when he asks if Ki-woo can tutor a girl he fancies whilst he goes to study abroad. He also sees an opportunity as soon as Mrs. Park mentions an art therapist to help get his family out of poverty, although the ways are questionable he undeniably helps everyone he can. He even vows to save his father from his imprisonment of sorts. Promising to get rich and free him from the basement he was forced to call home.
Kim Ki-jung (Daughter Of Kim Family): Chaotic Good
Chaotic good characters do and act as their conscience directs, with little regard for what others think or expect of them. That describes Ki-jung perfectly.
She is perhaps the most shocking character shown within the first act of the movie. From the first time she walks into the Parks house, we witness how calm she is about lying to anyone for money. However it is even more surprising, and a little uncomfortable, when she takes off her underwear in the back of the chauffeur, even if we discover what it is for later on. Perhaps the best example of her alignment is her use of peach fuzz. Armed with the knowledge that the housekeeper, Moon-gwang is horrifically allergic to peaches, she wastes no time in causing her serious medical problems just so she can get her mother into the family. She never once shows any care for what people think of her, especially when she speaks to Mrs. Park.
Kim Ki-taek (Father Of Kim Family): Chaotic Neutral
People of this alignment typically like to follow their whims. Most importantly, they hold their personal freedom above all else.
Firstly, Ki-taek actively holds his personal freedom above the law when he kills Mr. Park and hides from the law in preference to personal freedom, no matter how contradicting it is he would rather be stuck in the basement of his own accord than locked up in prison against his will. It should be noted that this character was extremely hard to pinpoint due to the huge arc he goes through. He will do anything to help his family which is very neutral good, but he is also rather neutral evil, doing anything he can get away with to keep the fantasy alive, even hiding the murder of Moon-gwang.
Kim Chung-sook (Mother Of Kim Family): Chaotic Evil
A chaotic evil character is someone who acts with arbitrary violence, spurred by their bloodlust, hatred, anger, or greed. For Chung-sook, it is most definitely anger and greed.
When you have watched the film it's easy to see how she fits into this category. At the end of the day, she kills someone. It would be a different story if this was accidental but unfortunately, it isn't. She deems it more important to keep the con going so the Kim family can make more money and due to the previous scene she is now fully aware that her lifestyle is threatened, so she's angry, she lets her greed and anger take over and pushes her violent tendencies over the edge, harshly kicking Moon-gwang down the stairs, ultimately killing her.
Park Da-hye (Daughter Of Park Family): Lawful Neutral
When an individual acts in accordance with the law, traditions, or personal code they can correctly be labeled as lawful neutral.
Da-hye is just that, although not a pivotal character she is undeniably a privileged traditional teenager. She will happily go behind her parent's backs when she falls for her tutor, Ki-woo, but will also save him at a moment's notice when he is nearly killed by Geun-sae. All of the things she does are viable and the kindest thing she could do in that situation, she follows her upbringing (personal code) and never once breaks the law.
Park Da-song (Son Of Park Family): Chaotic Neutral
Although the same alignment as Ki-taek, it should be noted that these two are in no way the same. As seen, there are different ways to act as a certain alignment and even evil characters can act good, they don't always have to be murderers.
Da-song is chaotic due to his age, most children care little for the consequences of their actions and decisions, and are just out there to cause chaos. It is revealed at the end of the film that the "parasite" has been using morse code to talk to the Park family. When he spells out "Help Me" we see Da-song write it down (he writes "Holp Me" but still), frustratingly he does absolutely nothing to help, unfortunately disallowing him the alignment of good.
Mr. Park: Lawful Evil
Lawful evil is a hard alignment to place on someone like Mr. Park. However, it is undeniable that he is not a good person by any means.
Firstly, he motions for his beloved employees to be fired after a small assumption based on underwear and a few coughs and bloody tissue. It's important to note that he never breaks the law but it is his utter disregard for the people he deems to be beneath him that makes him a cruel and heartless character. It is the reason for his demise after all.
Mrs. Park: Lawful Good
Mrs. Park is at the point where she is so nice that she comes across as stupid. Something the Kim family takes advantage of.
Mrs. Park hires all of the Kim family through just their recommendations. Although unlike her husband, she searches for the good in people and always requires a better reason for firing her trusted employees. She is kind, caring, and rather overly trusting which is again her fault. Even though she is flawed she remains good throughout and is respectful of the lower class, making sure she treats everyone as a human being.
Moon-gwang (Original Housekeeper): Chaotic Good
At the end of the day, she just wants to keep her husband alive and healthy. You can't blame anyone for that.
She is a bit of a crazy character when she comes knocking on the Parks door whilst they are away, but she has good intentions throughout. It is undeniable that she is chaotic, and she displays some psychopathic tendencies. Interestingly she is labeled as a wonderful housekeeper who is kind to the children and does everything they ask for. But as the film develops her character, she gets more and more chaotic.
Guen-sae (Husband Of The Housekeeper): Chaotic Evil
A logical alignment for somebody trapped in a basement for around 10 years.
It is only natural to feel for this character as he spends his entire life trapped in a basement using morse code to communicate with a family who never notices him. However, it's not the imprisonment he endures that makes him chaotic evil but purely the way he attacks the family. It is understandable to be in a rage when you get out but to maniacally kill like he did forces him into the alignment of chaotic evil.