Answer:
what image? and what statement? please more information
Not enough context is given. what men? what writing?
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Samneric believe they've seen the beast.... that they've seen it claws, teeth and all..... and that it followed them as they ran away.
Explanation:
They see a fallen parachuter but they let their imaginations get the better of them. They think it is a beast becasue they can see the flapping of the parachute in the wind.
It is the reason something exist for example if you ask what the purpose of a car is you would say its purpose is to get me from one place to another.
