The importance of an opening paragraph is enhanced because of the attitude and behavior of the people who read it. Opening paragraph is very important in any piece of writing as it is the first thing that the reader encounters and it has to have something that will attract the reader. Intriguing beginnings are very important because people generally have a very short span of attention and this means that they get bored very easily and is a piece of writing begins interestingly, it can captivate the reader. In addition to this people generally have the habit of forming opinions about things, first impression is the last impression and that is why like a person, books also have to make a good first impression. Some people decide to buy a book by just reading the first paragraph when they are at the shop and then buying it if they like it.