"What's also marvelous enough to make the spine shiver is that the name, Django, literally means, "I Awake!" Django, a former slave, awakens to wonderful possibilities---a life with his wife, the love of his life. The chance to earn a living within the law to help provide for the family they could one day have and keep without having to worry about their own children being sold away from them. The chance to be respected for his skill as a "lawman--"though on the violent end of that spectrum." (Kaitlyn Marshbanks, commenter)