Focuses on Ernest Hemingway's reliance on the pattern of transposition and the article "Marlin Off Cuba" in composing the novel "The Old Man and the Sea" (OMS). Similarity of the pattern of transposition used by Hemingway in composing "Marlin of Cuba" and OMS; Highlights of the article; Instances in OMS where Hemingway uses "Marlin of Cuba"; Description of the encounter between man and fish in OMS.