Well I can answer what the word beast suggests about the text.
I think it is suggests that they don't know much about the people of Mars, the life forms that lived there so they are frightened of them. They know that they are intelligent, or were, but also acknowledge how the planet is nearly impossible to sustain life with all of its water frozen.
Hope that helped, I don't know much about English class in highschool yet so I wasn't sure exactly how to answer the question.
Whats your question? that is more of a statement.
Answer:
The author’s main purpose is to persuade readers to buy Jasmine Jeans.
Explanation:
You can tell this is the author's main purpose because of the first statement made, "If you don't buy these pants by tomorrow night..." With just this statement, it shows that the author is trying to persuade the readers/audience to buy their products.