Sin- Powers’ narrative is extremely concerned with sin. He explains that a woman when he is young teaches him “that awful sin” (343). The rest of his narrative is largely concerned with sexual crimes, and we see how he blames his later crimes on the woman who first taught him the awful sin.
Escape- Powers manages to escape from jail while awaiting execution, and even says at the conclusion of his narrative that the thought of escape eases his mind off of his execution. After the end of the story, we learn that Powers does in fact escape. This is very much unlike the other narratives we have read in which the criminals accept their fate and are not only willing, but somewhat excited to die. Powers attempts (and successes) in escaping show his unwillingness to accept his fate.
Intention- Powers states that he overtook a young woman “without any evil intentions,” but after raping her says that he “succeeded in my hellish design” (344). Powers’ narrative seems to be full of not evil intentions, but mere opportunity: “for when I saw the opportunity, the devil, or some other evil spirit, gave me the inclination” (334).