Jeannette never complains or feels sorry for herself. why do you think this is?

Much of the story is written through Jeanette's voice as a child. I think that she simply did not know any differently. Her life was all she knew. In interviews she does not seem to show any sorrow for her upbringing. Her childhood had molded her into the person capable of writing such a noteworthy novel.

She doesn't complain becasue it's all she knows, she doesn't understand yet that they way they're living their lives is unhealthy and wrong on so many levels. She doesn't feel sorry for herself because her parents don't either, they don't really care about her and neglect her and the rest of the children too.