The prisoners in “The Return” by Ngugi wa Thiong’o are worrying about the people back in their villages. They are worrying about the people back in their villages because they love them and want to make sure they do not hear false information about them. They worry about the people back in their villages because the people back their involve their close family and they want to make sure everything is fine. Like one of the prisoner wants to make sure his wife is ok because he talks about how, “I left her expecting a baby” (Thiong’o 137). He is talking about his wife and he is worrying about her because he does not know what is happening to her. Also he does not know the status of the baby is it alive or did it die right after birth or is
