When Wright said he had, “begun coping with the white world too late,” he means that he has been forced to be a part of white society and change his behavior and life style just to fit in. The society forces Wright to be completely subservient, and he does not want to be anymore, nor does he really get the idea, unlike his friend Griggs. In the early chapters of the book, Wright doesn’t understand why blacks have to be subservient and accept their inferior position in society. In the later chapters he is starting to rebel against his position and he learned new modes of behavior, and new rules in how to live the Jim Crow life. His new outlook on his position in society manifests itself into new jobs, and deciding to violate the law. In many of his new jobs white people expected him to act a certain way, but lost the job when he did not perform his duties as the white men him wanted to. Eventually Wright just wants to get away and make a better life for himself so he committed a crime by stealing fruit preserves from a college storehouse and buying a ticket to Memphis. Even then Richard is cope with the white world for reasons unbeknown to him.
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