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56) Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? One should never judge a 
person by external appearances. Use specific reasons and details to support your 
answer. 
 
(a) I strongly believe that people should never judge a person by external appearances. 
The way we look not always reflects the way we are. We can make huge mistakes if we let 
the external appearances tell us everything about someone. 
I consider that outward qualities are related in some ways to the manner we are and the 
way we feel inside. Sometimes the clothes we chose express our mood, how we are feeling 
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at that moment. Also, the hairstyle, make up and many other aspects of our look 
sometimes give an idea of our attitude towards life.
Even though, not all aspects or, for some people, any aspect of the personality is shown in 
external appearances. The look is not evident enough to communicate deep feelings, 
beliefs, thoughts and behaviors. There is so much more inside of a person that can only be 
noticed after knowing him very well. 
I have met people who give an erroneous first impression. At first sight one could describe 
them in a completely different way from what they turn to be when you get to know them 
well. Before making premature conclusions we should pay attention at many other 
features, such as the way the person talks, the words he uses, the look in his eyes that help 
us to recognize how is that person like. People’s values, educational background, skills and 
virtues lie in the inside, not in the outside. 
There is a great risk of missing good friends if we allow us to judge by appearances. We 
always should give a second chance to people to show us how they really are, without 
masquerades. We have to be smart to not mistake what we see on the surface, because the 
main part of almost everything is hidden and not easily seen.
(b) One should never judge a person by external experience. I agree with the above 
statement because in my opinion external appearances are deceptive and how a person 
seems from outward appearance may not actually reveal his real identity. 
It is true that outward appearance do give a faint understanding of a person- the taste and 
manner of dressing reveals his neatness or probably the country he belongs to and 
sometimes even his status, as high class tends to show off much compared to mediocres. 
But by all this we can only assume his nature and in my opinion it should not be taken as 
criteria for judging the person's personality, character or strength. 
The person who may look ugly might be a person with a golden heart whereas the one 
looking gorgeous may be the one with a stubborn heart. We should form conclusion only 
after mingling with the person, this provides an opportunity to analyze the person's 
thought, study his character and behavior in the most proper manner. One instance in my 
life made this more evident- my hostel roommate was very good looking and everyone 
seemed to admire looking at her outward attraction. But only later when we started living 
together I did come to know that she was a drug addict, flirt and often bunked her classes 
to go out with boys. After knowing her real identity all my friends started disliking her. 
External appearance can give false identity of one's position or rank. I say this taking 
Gandhi, a famous Indian freedom fighter as example. He was a renowned person well 
known among ministers and common people, but if we were to see his external appearance