women to be less valuable than them in patriarchal society and it makes women are risky of domestic violence done by their husbands.
Secondly, those who are from the top three upper class group control the production process, the government, and other important fields in society. They
have money and position which make them powerful. The upper class can oppress the lower working class in order to gain their own interest, to take benefit, and to
maintain their positions in society. Thirdly, the intersection between women oppression and class oppression
happens because women, from whichever class they are from, are always considered to be the second ones because of their sex. Then, the oppression is
interconnected. In patriarchal society, women from every class are oppressed because they have to follow the rules set by men in society. Men are placed to be
the leader and women are the followers. However, lower working class women experience more oppression because they are oppressed because of their gender
and their social class.
C. Review of Related Backgrounds
This sub-part discusses the review of the biographical background of the author in writing
Fifty Shades of Grey.
As the author, E.L. James writes the story of
Fifty Shades of Grey
because of being inspired by
Twilight. Fifty Shades of Grey
was firstly published on James‘ private website and was not entitled as
Fifty Shades of Grey
. It was firstly published as a fan fiction and entitled
Masters of the Universe
.
―At that time, she began writing fanfiction inspired by the Twilight vampire fiction series written by Stephenie Meyer. Using the pen name
Snowqueens Icedragon, James wrote her own stories featuring the Twilight characters Bella Swan and Edward Cullen.
The novel that Leonard shaped out of these stories, titled Masters of the Universe,
appeared online in installments on several websites. ‖ Biography.com,
February 27, 2017 However,
James changed the two main characters‘ names in her work into Anastasia and Christian Grey as it appeared to be more famous and got a lot of
readers. Ja mes‘ work on the fan fiction still has difference from the original work
done by Stephenie Meyer. Though the story tells about the innocent woman who falls in love with a man who has hidden sides of his life and how the man can
finally ―change‖ the woman to be more like him, James‘ work exhibits more sexual activity which is Sadomasochism.
D. Theoretical Framework
To conduct this study, the theory of character and characterization, gender perspective, theory of class, and the perspective of gender and class oppression
relation perspective are applied. Because the topic of the study is sexual assault as gender and class oppression, the theories contribute to help finding the answers of
the problems formulation. The theory of character and characterization is needed to reveal the
characteristics of both of the main characters, Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey. The theory is appropriate to answer the first problem formulation.
Therefore, by knowing and understanding more about the characteristics of the two main characters according to their roles, it can be seen how they are presented
in terms of gender and class difference throughout the story through their action, behavior, dialogs, thought, and commentary from other characters.
Gender perspective, theory of class, and supported by gender and class oppression relation perspective are help to find out why sexual assault is seen to
be the result of gender and class oppression. The perspective of the theories help to reveal why gender and class difference finally lead to the imbalance power
between Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, then results in sexual assault.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
A. Object of the Study
The object of the study is
Fifty Shades of Grey
written by E.L. James. The novel was first published in 2011 by The Writer‘s Coffee Shop Publishing House.
The story is fiction, more about erotic- romance of the main characters‘ life.
Fifty Shades of Grey
is the first serial of the Fifty Shades Trilogy. There are
Fifty Shades of Grey
as the first serial,
Fifty Shades of Darker
as the second, and
Fifty Shades of Freed
as the third.
Fifty Shades of Grey
was filmed by the director Sam Taylor-Johnson and released in 2015.
The story is about a billionaire named Christian Grey who meets Anastasia Steele in the interview for the campus magazine. Afterwards, Grey is interested in
Steele and tries to approach her. Steele, sees him as the ideal figure of a man, falls in love with him. However, their relationship is run and dominated by Grey
because he is the one who gives order intentionally, controls, and determines what Steele should do for their relationship. Within their relationship, Grey is the active
one, while Steele is the passive one. Grey is interested in a different kind of relationship. He intends to have
sexual relationship with her to fulfill his pleasure and she must agree with him whenever and wherever he wants to do it. He wants to have a BDSM Bondage
and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, Sadism and Masochism
