Plain Truth | Objects, Setting & Important Places

Plain Truth Objects/Places

Inverter

Ellie must use an inverter to power her computer since the Amish do not believe in using electricity on their farms. However, the Amish do use gas-powered generators to run the heavy equipment required for their dairy/farm businesses.

Milk Storage Room

Ellie uses the milk storage room as an office because this is where the bishop allows electricity to be made available for her use.

Milk Barn

The milk barn is where the milking cows are kept. It is also where Katie gave birth to her son and where his body is later found.

Horse Blankets

A newborn baby boy is found dead under a pile of horse blankets.

Man's Shirt

A newborn baby boy is found dead, wrapped in a man's shirt.

Scissors

There is a pair of scissors missing from the milk barn that the medical examiner believes was used to cut the baby's umbilical cord. Sarah later gives these scissors to Ellie during an implied confession of...
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