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The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the narrative and the individual's identity in history through and to determine the healing effect it has on life. is a novel set in the period from Japanese colonial rule to the Korean War and Japan's bubble economy. This study focused on the character “Sunja” in the novel. She was discriminated against for her father's disability, female, and Koreans in Japan. She healed herself from the inner wounds created in this process through narratives. She found the meaning and value of life by reinterpreting events in her life, making them into a narrative, and discovering a new identity as a “pilgrim.” Her self-understanding through narratives and positive acceptance of her life can be seen as a process of healing her inner self hurt by history. This study is meaningful in that it suggested the possibility that the narrative could be an alternative to analyzing the identity of marginal people such as Koreans in Japan and healing them.