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Position:Home>Arts & Humanities> Cover your low heart?Question: Cover your low heart?The following paragraph is quoted from Martin Amis's "Time's Arrow". Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: "loins" are genitals. this whole passage is, among other subtle things, a sly way of getting at the character's fear of genital mutilation. the narrator's command at the end: "mime it out" is his exhortation to the character to cover his package. the "low heart" is his genitals. amis is saying a lot about his character with this paragraph. he is both proud of and afraid for his masculinity. his heart is set low--in his dick--rather than high--in his mind or in his spirit. this is not a thoughtful or considerate man. he's not secure in his manhood. |