Question

what significance does the absence of love have on the individual members of the community in the book The Giver?

Answer 1

Answer:

What The Giver means when he says this is that the people of the community do not know what it really means to be human.  

Explanation:

They do not have the feelings and experiences that are associated with true humanity.  They are more like robots who know many facts, but who do not know what it really means to be alive.