弗雷德里克·菲利普·格罗夫是两战期间加拿大文学史上最重要的小说家之一,他是流落到北美洲的欧洲移民,曾过过一段艰苦的日子。悲苦的人生经历使他对生命的态度充满了忧郁。《雪》是他的悲剧小说之一,故事从一开始便预示着这是个悲剧,雷德克利夫的死是由多方面的原因促成的,本文试通过人与自然的冲突、家庭和人物几个方面的分析,来细细探索雷德克利夫的死亡之因。 Frederick Phillip Grove, one of the foremost novelists in the history of Canadian literature during World War Two, was a European who had been living in North America for the past few days. His sad life experiences have filled his melancholy attitude to life. “Snow” is one of his tragic novels. From the very beginning, the story indicates that this is a tragedy. The death of Radcliffe is caused by many reasons. This paper tries to analyze the conflicts between man and nature, the family and the characters An analysis of each aspect, to explore the cause of the death of Radcliffe.