The modernist movement in literature was a 'reaction against' traditional literary conventions.
The announcement produced an angry/stunned 'reaction' from most of the people at the meeting.
There has been a 'mixed reaction' [=people have reacted in different ways] to the new policy.
(..) trumps negative emotion every time. We all yearn for reconciliation, for catharsis. We need Robert Fischer to have a positive emotional reaction to all this. All right, well, try this. Um... "My father accepts that I want to create for myself, not follow in his footsteps." That might work. (..)2010 Inception