How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
I stand next to the chasm. I hear the roar of the water. I scream into the hand that covers my mouth and thrash to free myself, but the arms are too strong; my kidnappers are too strong. The image of myself falling into darkness flashes into my mind, the same image that I now carry with me in my nightmares. I scream again; I scream until my throat hurts and I squeeze hot tears from my eyes. (27.38)
Tris may be going through a part of Lauren's fear landscape, but it's a fear that just happens to line up with her own recent experience of being powerless when Peter attacked her. We can see here the long-term consequences of powerlessness, since her experience with Peter leads to her being afraid here. Other consequences of powerlessness? Nightmares, and, oh yeah, death.
Quote #8
This time, I do not hit the bird as hard as I can. I crouch, listening to the thunder of wings behind me, and run my hand through the grass, just above the ground. What combats powerlessness? Power. And the first time I felt powerful in the Dauntless compound was when I was holding a gun.
A lump forms in my throat and I want the talons off. The bird squawks and my stomach clenches, but then I feel something hard and metal in the grass. My gun. (30.5-6)
As Tris (and Four) make clear, Tris's fear landscape has a lot of powerlessness in various forms (birds, drowning, ocean waves, etc.), because Tris's big fear is losing control. But since people can control their fear landscapes, Tris can summon a symbol of power to combat the symbol of powerlessness: gun vs. birds. Although if she can control the fear landscape, why not get lots of guns, Matrix-style?
Quote #9
"Currently, the factionless are a drain on our resources," Jeanine replies. "As is Abnegation. I am sure that once the remains of your old faction are absorbed into the Dauntless army, Candor will cooperate and we will finally be able to get on with things."
Absorbed into the Dauntless army. I know what that means—she wants to control them, too. She wants everyone to be pliable and easy to control. (34.26-7)
Here's Jeanine laying out her plans for what she would do with power: get rid of the factionless and make Abnegation go away. Well, that sure clears up that question.