1.) Wise/experience - They have been alive for a long time, they have learned so much, and gone through so much. Deaths, new beginnings, bad and good things and define their life.
2.) Determined - Obviously they are determined to live. It's pretty rare to live that long and be very healthy for more years to come.
Here are some things that they probably did to stay as old as they are.
Positive attitude, exercising, living independently, eating good food, and etc...
Hope I helped.
Answer: Metaphor
Explanation:
A metaphor is a comparison literary device that refers to something as another thing to highlight that they are similar in a certain manner. This is much like a simile but does not use the words, "as" or "like".
In this sentence, Big Daddy is referred to as a "Truck-Drivin' Man" to highlight that he shares some similarities to a truck driving man thereby making it a metaphor.
Treatment of groups of workers
The verb of the sentence is "gazed", the subject of the sentence is the mountain.