I think Father was looking for an image of just how much more his American self could contain than the Pakistani one he'd left behind.
-- Narrator (Chapter I)

Importance: This statement is the narrator's attempt to understand his father's support for Donald Trump. It plots the relationship between Donald Trump and his ability to fulfill peoples' want of identity. Donald Trump is viewed by the narrator as a symbol for a uniquely American identity. The additional appeal for Sikander is that Donald relieves him of his Pakistani identity, which he tries desperately to abandon.

The world looked to us—and now I speak as an American—to uphold a holy image, or as holy as it gets in this age of enlightenment.
-- Narrator (Chapter II)

Importance: This statement from the narrator emphasizes his unique position as both an American born citizen, and a person who is simultaneously alienated from his American identity through his upbringing by Pakistani parents...