Since they were very little, Jem and Scout have always heard stories Boo Radley killing people, attempting to kill his father, and peeping in people's windows at night. Jem, Scout, and Dill assumed that all of these stories were correct and they try almost every summer to lure him out of his house. Then near the end of the novel, Boo comes out of his house to save Jem and Scouts lives. While spending those short few minutes with Boo, Scout realizes that Boo was never the man that the town made him out to be, he was simply shy and he did not like to come out of his house. Everyone judged him before they even knew him.
The characters, Mrs. Dubose, Dolphus Raymond, and Boo Radley all show that, the main theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is that it is not right to judge someone before you know them. Mrs. Dubose was a drug addict going through withdraws. Dolphus Raymond acted a little different than the others in the town. Boo Radley was simply a shy man who did not like to leave the comfort of his own home. All of these characters were judged by the people before anyone got a chance to know them. It is wrong to judge a person before you know