"I scowl with frustration at myself in the mirror" (James 3). The opening line of Fifty Shades of Grey could be considered as anticipation of what the audience will encounter along the story. The book Fifty Shades of Grey by Erika Leonard James is the first of a trilogy that has been labeled by most of the critic as a low quality literary work. However, it enjoys an extremely large and enthusiastic audience. The rawness and immediacy in the presentation of sexual content allow the target reader to engage easily with the plot. While the simple structure of the prose does not convey any subtle or nuanced meaning to the story. Yet, what results even scarier is the fact that the habituation to patriarchal patterns in the cultural industry makes those situations reflecting gender violence in the book go unnoticed by the audience. .
The Wall Street Journal referred to Fifty Shades of Grey in 2013 as: "one of the fastest-selling book series in recent memory, () and this year's pop-culture phenomenon." Indeed it has been a resounding selling success in many countries around the world. Nevertheless, it is mostly owed to the reproduction by the author of typical codes from other popular literatures within the same genre. One of the most evident aspects, the resources E L James uses to reach the target reader to whom the book is addressed, young and adult women. The author develops the story through the characters. One of them Anastasia, a frustrated, not- too- happy with her life young woman from the twenty one century who dreams to date someone like Christian Grey ,the other main character who could be described as the charming prince of this era, rich, successful and handsome. Besides, Anastasia wants him because he is different to the conventional romantic pair. Her love, her submission to Grey sexist and "control freak" (James 10, 12) is a way of insubordination to the principles inherited from a supposedly feminist society.
