Beginning with an "Ant on an Apple," illustrations, simple text, and a pesky fly who will not stay on his page introduce the letters of the alphabet.

Movements in the belly of the mosquito, ant, fly and other insects have been measured with his method by the authors.

Moreover, this paper also analyzes the symbolic meanings of the ant and the fly and compares After Death with another article of Lu Xun-Intelligence is Evil-in terms of their conception and style.