Annotation: The article analyzes the thematic features of Karakalpak stories. Theobject of research is the author B. Aimukhammedova's short story "The Driver's Notebook" on the example of stories in the collection of short stories. The author's works depict the tragic consequences of the Second World War, stories about the realities of the time, various problems of life and morality, high humanity, the image of the perfect man are analyzed on the basis of comprehensive examples.