What are the characters of the prodigal son?

A child that doesn't display the moral, societal and religious attributes of its parent's culture.

Answer:According to Strong's Lexicon, the Word "prodigal" (found in some translations of Luke 15:13) is translated from the Greek Word asotos, which means "dissolutely, profligately." As those Words are relatively unfamiliar, here are their modern dictionary definitions:

Dissolute - indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.

Profligate - utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute; recklessly extravagant.

"Prodigal" is also rendered as "riotous" in the KJV and "wild" in the NIV. Though Jesus' parable involved the relationship between a wayward son and his father, prodigal behavior shows indifference to any moral standards, and the application of the Word is not necessarily unique to a parent/child relationship.