This study aimed to investigate what happened in a village during the tragic Jeju 4-3 incident by examining the drawing expression of a female survivor who experienced the incident and what she can remember from the labor she undertook to make ends meet following Jeju 4․3. The study subject is a woman who survived Jeju 4․3;, a qualitative case study was conducted when she was between 84 and 87 years old. The study was carried out between October 8, 2017, and January 18, 2020, a span of 2 years and 3 months. A total of 42 interviews were conducted, and each interview lasted 90 minutes. To analyze the resulting data, a thematic analysis was performed. The analysis resulted in four themes (“happiness,” “red storm,” “the life of a haenyeo,” and “openly speaking about Jeju 4․3,”) and 10 sub-themes (“a missed father,” “victimization at Naensibille on December 16th, 1948,” “the Bukchon incident on January 17th, 1949,” “return of a family,” “the recovery of the dead bodies of grandfather and relatives’,” “father’s hwa-byung,” “a place for livelihood-Daryeo-do,” “sea mustard is jeoseungpul,” “the encounter between me and the drawing,” and “sense of relief.”) These findings show that drawings are effective tools for helping individuals recall and specify past memories. In addition, the study is significant in that it suggests that drawings can be utilized as a way to understand future historical events. Based on the results of this study and future studies were discussed.