Leon knocked at the old carved door with its symbols of the lamb. while he waited he looked up at the twin bells from the king of spain with the last sunlight pouring around them in their tower.
—“the man to send rain clouds,”
leslie marmon silko
what do the bells from the king of spain symbolize?
the bells symbolize the end of the old man’s life.
the bells symbolize the spanish influence on pueblo traditions.
the bells symbolize the pueblo gods by reflecting sunlight.
the bells symbolize silence, which matches the tone of the scene.