Aragorn and his Destiny

          In English class right now we are reading, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, by R.R. Tolkien. We have read up through the chapter Elrond's Council, which faces one of our characters with a difficult decision. Aragorn who leads the hobbits to Rivendell needed to decide if he would continue with them on to Mordor. When he says that destiny is the reason why he needs to go with the hobbits. Our teacher gave us the question, Why destiny, and how does this compare to real life?
          To me when I reflected on the chapter there are a couple reasons why Aragorn chose to join the Fellowship due to destiny. One being he was born as a King, an heir to Isildur. This to him may seem his destiny even though he isn't a King, he still probably feels tied to the land from his bloodline. Another reason could be that when Aragorn ran into the hobbits at the Prancing Pony that it was some other power throwing them together, perhaps destiny.
          When answering this question about Aragorn you can see how destiny could effect other characters as well, which I'm not going to go into, but Frodo, Sam and almost all of the fellowship members are dealt with their own destiny. In real life though, I do not see destiny effecting our lives like those in the book. During this time period very few people are given what seems like a destiny. Most people can become whatever they want with hard work. However one of the first thing that comes to mind in relation to Aragorn are the King and Queen of England, which follows a families history. Being born into a special family for ruling or protecting something is the only time when I see destiny as a factor in the present day.