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Although every person has their own destiny, very few choose to follow it.  In Fahrenheit 451, Montag is a simple man that follows the social norm and has never thought anything different.  But one day, he meets a young girl who is on her personal journey towards her destiny.  This changes Montag in a way and it makes him think about his own life and where he is headed.  Montag changes his life dramatically and decides to follow what he believes his destiny.  However, he encounters many roadblocks along the way.  Many men do not understand Montag's destiny and most of them do not even understand their own.  This creates mass confusion that leads to violence and anger.  But Montag knows that he must do everything in his power to fulfill his destiny.  During his journey he becomes an outcast, a thief, and a murderer.  But he did it all in search of his destiny.  In the end of the story, Montag witnesses the end of his civilization; everything he ever knew was blown to bits in a matter of seconds.  He would also have experienced this fate if he had not left his civilization in pursuit of his destiny.  He was never meant to die in that explosion, someone or something had a greater plan in mind for Montag.  In the end, this person or thing saved Montag's life.  In The Tiger by William Blake, there is a questioning of who created the tiger and where it came from.  In one rhyming couplet, Blake writes "Did he smile His work to see?/Did he who made the lamb make thee?".  This makes be think that God is the one who William is writing about.  And although the text may be talking about a tiger and it's power, Blake is making the statement that something more powerful must have created the tiger, and I believe that this something is God.  I believe that God was also the one to save Montag from death during his journey, there were many instances where Montag felt trapped but he always seemed to be given a way to safety.  The tiger also has a destiny given to it by God.  It may be less complicated than man's but it is just as important.  The tiger may not even know of it's destiny, much like the citizens in Fahrenheit 451, but it will still have a journey through it's life that can either end in a happy, fulfilling time on earth, or a fiery death.