When you see one who you havn't seen before, which part is the first you recognize? I naturally see one's face and clothings and evaluate what the person are likely to in my mind. As far as I'm concerned, it is not unusual thing for every people. Accordingly, in my opinion, first impression is absolutely important and tell lots of things to us.
To start with, we usually see person's appearance, especially face. Specifically speaking, we see people's expression on their face. I do not mean I see whether person is good-looking or not, however, but whether he or she smiles or not. This is mainly because one's expression can tell us what kind of person he is. For example, negative person hardly smile in usual.
On top of that, we can judge people by seeing what kind of clothes one wears in the first meeting. Also, it provide us with quite reliable information. If someone wears a t-shirt and jean in formal ceremony such as wedding ceremony or funeral, you are likely to assume that that person is impolite one. This is because we have certain rules in society and we have to follow these as a part of society. The way of wearing clothes shows whether people have appropriate manners or not. For example, when it comes to an interview, you must wear clean and tidy clothes. It is not hard to imagine that your clothes and appearance definitely have impact on interviewer's judgement.
In conclusion, through one's first impression, we can assume a lot of thing about how person he or she is. Although I can't completely deny that saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover.", however, I firmly believe that first impression gives us an important clue about what kinds of person who is infront of you.
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