The Notebook is a 1996 romantic novel by Nicholas Sparks and it is based on a true story. The novel tells a story of Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, the couple who has been together fifty years, in spite of all the setbacks. The last setback is Allies Alzheimer’s: now she can’t even remember who she is. Even if doctors keep telling Noah that Allies memories are not coming back, he’s not losing hope. He keeps reading the story of their life to Allie over and over again and sometimes, despite the Alzheimer’s, Allie remembers, but only for a moment.
The novel contains two stories: the main story, which is telling about present day and the storie that Noah reads to Allie. The perspective from which the storie is told changes depending on which of the story is told. The main story is told by first person and the narrator of this story is Noah. The storie that Noah reads for Allie, on the other hand, is told by third person omniscient.
Theme of the novel is simple: love conquers all. It may sound a bit cliché, but no matter how many setbacks Allie and Noah faced, their love brought them back together. Even when Allie doesn’t remember Noah, he loves her. After all, the most important thing the novel taught us is that true love never dies.