How can you determine a story's point of view when reading fiction?

The story's point of view can be determined based on the writing style. If a writer talks through the mouths of his characters that is usually first person narration. Third person narration usually means that an omniscient narrator knows everything about everyone at any moment, marked by frequent usage of pronouns. Some complex psychological novels such as The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James incorporate a technique where the story is narrated through the eyes of a character, from the third person, leading to many complex psychological elements for analysis.

The main man vs. man conflict in the outsiders is between the greasers and the socs, and specifically between ponyboy and bob in the fight in the park. in literature, conflict is a struggle between opposing forces.