Answer:Nast's use of cartoons was such effective tool in his battle to expose corruption, because it was the easiest way to get to people, and for them to see what was actually going on. If his drawing were publish on the new paper more people wolud be able to see it. A drawing is more effective because you don't need to know how to read to get the message from a picture.
He was the first Egyptian monk to establish a community and lay the groundwork for the monastic movement. For western monastics, who came up with the basic rule of existence.