His toughness of character helps him stay alive in the jungle.
Answer:
No they cannot because they are exempt just as the sentence says they are. Unless they are completely desperate in need of troops they will not alter what has been in place that they cannot be drafted.
Explanation:
Neither, a metaphor would be like "I'm so hungry that I could probably eat an elephant," while a simile would have 'like' or 'as' to describe something.
