On the Road

by

Jack Kerouac

Inez Character Analysis

After leaving Camille in San Francisco to go east with Sal, Dean meets Inez at a party in New York and quickly divorces Camille to marry her. Inez bears Dean a child, but then he leaves her behind to go find Sal in Denver and drive to Mexico to get a Mexican divorce from her.
Get the entire On the Road LitChart as a printable PDF.
On the Road PDF

Inez Character Timeline in On the Road

The timeline below shows where the character Inez appears in On the Road. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 3, Chapter 11
Freedom, Travel, and Wandering Theme Icon
Friendship Theme Icon
Privilege and Prejudice Theme Icon
About five days later, Dean met a woman named Inez at a party and fell for her. He called Camille to plan a divorce so... (full context)
Part 4, Chapter 1
Freedom, Travel, and Wandering Theme Icon
Writing Theme Icon
Privilege and Prejudice Theme Icon
...leave New York without Dean, who was working at a parking garage and living with Inez. Sal realized that he was doing with Inez exactly the same thing that he had... (full context)
Part 5, Chapter 1
Freedom, Travel, and Wandering Theme Icon
Privilege and Prejudice Theme Icon
...the car broke down and he had to fly back to New York. Dean and Inez got married, but then he immediately went back west to San Francisco to see Camille... (full context)
Privilege and Prejudice Theme Icon
Dean told Sal things were good between Camille and him, and that he wanted Inez to come to San Francisco as well and live on the other side of town... (full context)