Question

How would a futuristic setting likely influence a story? Only direct characterization would be possible. The characters might fly in spaceships or have advanced technology. No theme would be possible because the future has not yet occurred. Only indirect characterization would be possible.

Answer 1

The main way in which a futuristic setting would likely influence a story would be that "The characters might fly in spaceships or have advanced technology" since the future is unknowable. 

Answer 2

The characters might fly in spaceships or have advanced technology. This is the correct option.

These elements will be almost necessary to create a futuristic context or setting. If the characters took ordinary buses or trains and if they used fixed telephones or used the mail post, the story would reflect a real and old context. A futuristic setting should include elements ,technologically, much more sophisticated than the ones that really exist.

These options are not right:

-Only direct characterization would be possible ( The writer of a futuristic story can use this device. He / She can describe a character's emotions ,thoughts and actions).

-No theme would be possible because the future has not yet occurred. ( On the contrary, any theme can be developed in a writer's mind. It is the writer's creativity that makes fiction. This can be true- to -life or not).

-Only indirect characterization would be possible. (The writer of a futuristic story can use this device. The character's emotions ,thoughts and actions can be infered through their dialogues or attitudes).