Effects of False Appearances Appearances can be seen as impressions given by someone else. Perception plays a big role in how misleading appearances are. In The Imposter Bride, by Nancy Richler, Yanna's perception of herself and the Kramer family's perception of her lead to the destruction of their lives. In Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, Pi creates a false appearance that helps him deal with the tragedy he must endure. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey, the main characters create false appearances to hide their true intentions. The novels show that false appearances lead to psychological problems. The psychological problems caused by false appearances are remorse, loss of identity and lack of self-esteem. Regret is a psychological consequence of deception that largely alters the conduct of the affected characters. For many characters it is difficult to see beyond Yanna's false appearance, but this was not the case for Sol. Sol "saw a broken life, a frightened woman, a marriage that would bind him, however briefly, to pain" and therefore , he regrets, agreed to marry Yanna (Richler 7). Sol's consent to marry Yanna causes him even greater regret as the lives of his brother and niece are ruined due to this arrangement. Yanna pretends to be a loving mother and wife, but in reality she is not. Years later, when Ruth finally meets her mother Yanna, she finds that her mother also apologizes for how her false appearance affected her first family. Ruth says that "she had told them about me, finally begged for their forgiveness and understanding for her long-kept secret, and asked them to take me to her side", which shows Yanna's repentance for hiding the truth from his new family (Richler 352). He's a... middle of paper... for what he believes in, which causes him to have a lack of self-esteem. In the process of creating false appearances, people do not realize the resulting negative consequences. False appearances lead to psychological problems. Remorse, loss of identity, and lack of self-esteem are the psychological outcomes for characters in response to false appearances. The characters feel regret because false appearances lead to deplorable actions that have negative consequences. When false appearances in characters are favorable, it leads to the loss of the character's identity. False appearances also change the perception of what the characters think of themselves, leading to a lack of self-esteem. Therefore, the life built on weak foundations and false appearances is destined to crumble in the face of the harsh truth that makes the lives of those affected unhappy..