Explain what it was that the lieutenant had made Ishmael believe. (chapter 17)

Jabati is Ishmael Beah's commanding officer during his service in the Sierra Leone military. Jabati is known for reading and quoting Shakespeare, particularly Julius Caesar; he is also known as an orater who would lecture and exhort his troops for hours in preparation for future combat. Beah comes to trust Jabati as he does no other adult, primarily due to his position of authority and the necessity of such trust to survival. Jebati makes Beah believe in his place and identity as a soldier. Jabati seemingly betrays Beah by selecting hiim to be among the children taken by UNICEF to be fofered a second chance at normal lives.