How do the words and phrases in the story a winters drive show us who michael is? what do they say about his character?

Michael had not left the United States in nine years. He had fingered his new passport. He was unaware of the fact of that his passport had expired and he had not thrown the last one way. Michael knew that he would choose one of the options among the cars. Michael had a realisation that he taken the car for rent and then he packed his clothes, picked up the lunch and spent number of hours in reviewing the fact that when he would reach Canada.

the answer is d my man/woman the first passage is real the second is a setting.